Bibcock for washbasin

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a bibcock for washbasin, which has a control lever, for regulating the amount of hot and cold water supplied, mounted at the lower body of a discharge pipe for discharging hot and cold water, thereby allowing a user to clean the control lever conveniently and to use it sanitarily. The bibcock for washbasin includes: a body of a predetermined height mounted at the upper end of a washbasin for being supplied with hot and cold water, the body having a valve therein; a discharge pipe extending from the body to the front side and having a outlet formed at an end thereof for hot and cold water supply; and a control lever mounted at the front side of the lower body of the discharge pipe and connected with the valve for regulating the amount of hot and cold water supplied.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a bibcock for washbasin, and moreparticularly, to a bibcock for washbasin, which has a control levermounted at the lower body of a discharge pipe for discharging hot andcold water, to regulate the amount of hot and cold water supplied,thereby allowing a user to clean the control lever conveniently and touse it sanitarily.

2. Background of the Related Art

In general, a bathtub and a washbasin are installed in a bathroom of ahouse. The bathtub has a bibcock capable of regulating a supply amountof hot and cold water, a shower is mounted on the bibcock for allowing auser to take a shower, and another bibcock capable of regulating theamount of hot and cold water supplied is mounted on the washbasin.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bibcock for the washbasin includes: a bibcockbody 11 having a discharge pipe 12, the discharge pipe 12 extending tothe front from the washbasin 1, which is installed on the wall surface,and having an outlet 13; a control lever 14 mounted at the upper end ofthe bibcock body 1 to control hot and cold water supply and regulate theamount of water; and a lift rod 15 mounted at the rear side of thebibcock body 11 for opening and closing a drainage cock 16 positioned onthe floor of the washbasin 1.

After the lift rod 15 is lifted up, when the control lever 14 is rotatedto open the outlet 13 in a state in which the drainage cock 16 isclosed, water of an appropriate temperature is discharged through theoutlet 13. When water of a desired amount is discharged, the user closesthe control lever 14, and then, washes his/her face and hands. Afterthat, when the lift rod 15 is pressed down, the drainage cock 16 isopened, and water stored inside the washbasin 1 is drained through adrainage pipe (not shown).

However, the conventional bibcock 10 has a disadvantage in that the usermust frequently clean the control lever 4 as the control lever 14 isstained with soapy water splashed when the user washes his/her face andhands inside the washbasin 1 and as soapy water stained between thecontrol lever 14 and the bibcock body 11 for a long time causes a badsmell and an unsanitary condition. However, the conventional bibcock 10is complicated in cleaning as the control lever 14 is located at theupper end of the bibcock body 11, i.e., at a position higher than waterdischarged from the outlet 13.

Therefore, the conventional bibcock 10 is very unsanitary as the usercannot frequently clean the control lever 14.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a bibcock forwashbasin that substantially obviates one or more problems due tolimitations and disadvantages of the related art.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bibcock forwashbasin, which has a control lever, for regulating a supply amount ofhot and cold water, located lower than the height of water dischargedfrom an outlet of the bibcock by mounting the control lever at the frontside of the lower portion of a discharge pipe, thereby allowing a userto clean the control lever conveniently and to use sanitarily.

To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, thereis provided a bibcock for washbasin including: a body of a predeterminedheight mounted at the upper end of a washbasin for being supplied withhot and cold water, the body having a valve therein; a discharge pipeextending from the body to the front side and having a outlet formed atan end thereof for hot and cold water supply; and a control levermounted at the front side of the lower body of the discharge pipe andconnected with the valve for regulating the amount of hot and cold watersupplied.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention will be apparent from the following detailed description ofthe preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG.1 is a perspective view of a conventional bibcock for washbasin;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bibcock for washbasin according to thepresent invention; and

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken by the line of A-A of FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of thepresent invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

For reference, like reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout several views, and repeated description of the same parts andconstructions will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bibcock for washbasin according to thepresent invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken by the line ofA-A of FIG. 2.

First, the washbasin 1 according to the present invention includes areservoir 2 for storing water, and a drainage cock 16 mounted on thefloor of the reservoir 2 in an openable way.

The drainage cock 16 is connected with the lift rod 15 mounted at therear portion of the bibcock 100, which will be described later, andopened and closed according to vertical movement of the lift rod 15.

The bibcock 100 is mounted at the upper end of the washbasin 1.

Here, the bibcock 100 is connected with a water supply pipe 3 forsupplying hot and cold water.

The bibcock 100 includes a body 110, a discharge pipe 120, and a controllever 130.

The body 110 is mounted at the upper end of the washbasin 1 and suppliedwith hot and cold water from the water supply pipe 3, and has a valve140 therein, thereby controlling flow of hot and cold water toward thedischarge pipe 120.

Here, the valve 140 is a well-known common valve, and so, a detaileddescription thereof will be omitted.

The body 110 has a predetermined height to install the control lever 130to the front side of the body 110 and to secure a space where the userwashes his/her face and hands inside the washbasin 1, thereby preventingaccidents, e.g., a case that the user's head is bumped into thedischarge pipe 120, which will be described later, when washing theuser's face, hands and/or hair.

Moreover, the discharge pipe 120 extends from the body 110 to the front,and has an outlet 121 formed at an end thereof for discharging hot andcold water.

The control lever 130 is mounted at the front side of the lower body 110of the discharge pipe 120, and connected with the valve 140 to controlthe valve 140.

That is, the control lever 130 is located at a position lower than theheight of water discharged through the outlet 121 of the discharge pipe120.

Furthermore, the control lever 130 can be rotated in all directions tocontrol the valve 140, thereby regulating the amount of hot and coldwater discharged.

Here, it would be appreciated that the control lever 130 can have one ofvarious structures capable of controlling the valve 140, besides thestructure shown in the drawings.

As described above, in the bibcock for washbasin according to thepresent invention, when the control lever 130 is rotated into an opencondition, water induced into the body 110 through the water supply pipe3 passes the valve 140, and then, discharged out through the outlet 121after moving along the discharge pipe 120. After that, the waterdischarged out through the outlet 121 is stored in the reservoir 2.

After water is completely stored in the reservoir 2, the user washeshis/her face, hair and/or hands after rotating the control lever 130into a close condition.

Even though soapy water is splashed to the control lever 130 when theuser washes his/her face, hair and/or hands, as the control lever 130 islocated lower than the height of water discharged through the outlet 121of the discharge pipe 120, the user can clean the control lever easily,and always use the bibcock 100 sanitarily and cleanly.

As described above, the control lever is mounted at the front side ofthe lower body of the discharge pipe and located lower than the heightof water discharged through the outlet, so that the user can clean thecontrol lever easily, and always use the bibcock sanitarily and cleanly.

The forgoing embodiment is merely exemplary and is not to be construedas limiting the present invention. The present teachings can be readilyapplied to other types of apparatuses. The description of the presentinvention is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope ofthe claims. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations will beapparent to those skilled in the art.

1. A bibcock for washbasin comprising: a body of a predetermined heightmounted at the upper end of a washbasin for being supplied with hot andcold water, the body having a valve therein; a discharge pipe extendingfrom the body to the front side and having a outlet formed at an endthereof for hot and cold water supply; and a control lever mounted atthe front side of the lower body of the discharge pipe and connectedwith the valve for regulating the amount of hot and cold water supplied.